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L. Ron Hubbard
Deceased

How Did L. Ron Hubbard Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 74
Also known asLafayette Ronald HubbardGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn13/03/1911Born inTilden, Nebraska, USADied24/01/1986 (aged 74)Died inCrestonCausestrokeWikidataQ216896 ↗TMDb#43606 ↗

Lafayette Ronald Hubbard was an American author and the founder of Scientology. A prolific writer of pulp science fiction and fantasy novels in his early career, in 1950 he authored the pseudoscientific book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health and established organizations to promote and practice Dianetics techniques. Hubbard created Scientology in 1952 after losing the intellectual rights to his literature on Dianetics in bankruptcy.

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Filmography12 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2016My Scientology MovieMovieSelf (archive photo)105
2015Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of BeliefMovieSelf (archive footage)104
2008Scientology: An OverviewMovieWriter97
1997Secret Lives: L. Ron HubbardMovieSelf (archival footage)86
1995Secret LivesSeriesSelf(archive footage)84
1988Classification and GradationMovieSelf77
1987My PhilosophyMovieSelf76
1987Scientology: The Road to Total Freedom?MovieSelf76
1984An Introduction to ScientologyMovieHimself73
1968Scientology: The Shrinking World of L. Ron HubbardMovie—57
1963World in ActionSeries—52
1953PanoramaSeriesHimself - Founder, Church of Scientology (archive footage)42